Treasure Coast residents rush to get new iPhone 5

Adrian Hidan (left) and Chris Cronin, both of Vero Beach, laugh as they sit in front of the AT&T store on State Road 60 on Thursday night. The two were the first customers to show up to purchase the new iPhone 5. They both showed up around 10 p.m. Thursday night. "Last year we had people lined up at 9 o'clock," said Cronin, who current uses an iPhone 4. "I would get it even if I had the (iPhone) 4s," he added. "He planned to order the new phone online, but slept past the time when they first went on sale and would have had to wait two weeks for it to be shipped.

About two dozen customers were in line when the AT&T store in the 6200 block of State Road 60, Vero Beach, opened to sell the iPhone 5.

Emil Hiden, 49, was the first customer to walk into the AT&T store in the 6200 block of State Road 60, Vero Beach at 8 a.m. to purchase an iPhone 5. About two dozen customers followed him.

Amber Vargo, 23, of Port St Lucie, with her new iPhone5. She was first of 50 people in line to buy the new phone at the AT&T store in St. Lucie West. She was in line at 12:30 a.m. Friday, awaiting the store's 8 a.m. opening.

Amber Vargo, 23, of Port St Lucie, is the first of 50 people in line to buy the new iPhone 5 at the AT&T store in St. Lucie West. She was in line at 12:30 a.m. Friday, awaiting the store's 8 a.m. opening.

From left Jacob Perez, 35 of Stuart, Tanya Huggins, 37 of South Carolina and Katie Drake, 25 of Port St. Lucie. They were the first three in line to buy a new iPhone 5 at the Stuart Verizon store on South U.S.1 Friday morning.

People line up early at Verizon in Stuart on South U.S. 1 north of Monterey Road, waiting to buy iPhone 5.

Jordan Nichols, 19, in line at Verizon, St. Lucie West, for an iPhone 5